Steve K
@steveknapp.bsky.social
Technology writer and part-time bonsai artist and gardener
"Quacks pretend to cure other men's disorders, but fail to find a remedy for their own." ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero
November 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"Quacks pretend to cure other men's disorders, but fail to find a remedy for their own." ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero
"Healthcare should be a human right and not a commodity for sale." ~ Jim Wallis
November 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
"Healthcare should be a human right and not a commodity for sale." ~ Jim Wallis
"If you liked being a teenager, there's something really wrong with you." ~ Stephen King
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
"If you liked being a teenager, there's something really wrong with you." ~ Stephen King
"Wars and temper tantrums are the makeshifts of ignorance; regrets are illuminations come too late." ~ Joseph Campbell
November 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
"Wars and temper tantrums are the makeshifts of ignorance; regrets are illuminations come too late." ~ Joseph Campbell
"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on." ~ Winston Churchill
November 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on." ~ Winston Churchill
"Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought of as including our own." ~ Georg C. Lichtenberg
November 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought of as including our own." ~ Georg C. Lichtenberg
"Honour belongs to those who never forsake the truth even when things seem dark and grim, who try over and over again, who are never discouraged by insults, humiliation and even defeat." ~ Nelson Mandela
November 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
"Honour belongs to those who never forsake the truth even when things seem dark and grim, who try over and over again, who are never discouraged by insults, humiliation and even defeat." ~ Nelson Mandela
"Now look, you built a factory and it turned into something terrific or a great idea, God Bless, keep a big hunk of it. But part of the underlying social contract is you take a hunk of that and paid forward for the next kid who comes along." ~ Elizabeth Warren
November 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
"Now look, you built a factory and it turned into something terrific or a great idea, God Bless, keep a big hunk of it. But part of the underlying social contract is you take a hunk of that and paid forward for the next kid who comes along." ~ Elizabeth Warren
"What we need to do is ensure that we don't create an environment that puts us on a track conceivably where the United States military finds itself in a civil military crisis with a commander in chief who would have us do illegal things." ~ John R. Allen
November 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
"What we need to do is ensure that we don't create an environment that puts us on a track conceivably where the United States military finds itself in a civil military crisis with a commander in chief who would have us do illegal things." ~ John R. Allen
"I want to make a picture about the Russian secret police - the GOP." ~ Samuel Goldwyn
November 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
"I want to make a picture about the Russian secret police - the GOP." ~ Samuel Goldwyn
"I cannot say that our country could have no secret police without becoming totalitarian, but I can say with great conviction that it cannot become totalitarian without a centralized national police." ~ Robert H. Jackson
November 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
"I cannot say that our country could have no secret police without becoming totalitarian, but I can say with great conviction that it cannot become totalitarian without a centralized national police." ~ Robert H. Jackson
"The major problem of our time is the decay in the belief in personal immortality, and it cannot be dealt with while the average human being is either drudging like an ox or shivering in fear of the secret police... " ~ George Orwell
November 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
"The major problem of our time is the decay in the belief in personal immortality, and it cannot be dealt with while the average human being is either drudging like an ox or shivering in fear of the secret police... " ~ George Orwell
"Dictatorships are never as strong as they think they are, and people are never as weak as they think they are." ~ Gene Sharp
November 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
"Dictatorships are never as strong as they think they are, and people are never as weak as they think they are." ~ Gene Sharp
"Schadenfreude is so nutritious." ~ Will Self
November 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
"Schadenfreude is so nutritious." ~ Will Self
"Next time I'll pat you on the freaking back for stating the obvious." ~ James Dashner
Not aimed at you, Catherine. 😀
Not aimed at you, Catherine. 😀
November 20, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"Next time I'll pat you on the freaking back for stating the obvious." ~ James Dashner
Not aimed at you, Catherine. 😀
Not aimed at you, Catherine. 😀
"Hypocrisy is the audacity to preach integrity from a den of corruption." ~ Wes Fesler
November 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
"Hypocrisy is the audacity to preach integrity from a den of corruption." ~ Wes Fesler
"Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself." ~ William Shakespeare
November 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
"Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself." ~ William Shakespeare
"There are three things in the world that deserve no mercy, hypocrisy, fraud, and tyranny." ~ Frederick William Robertson
November 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
"There are three things in the world that deserve no mercy, hypocrisy, fraud, and tyranny." ~ Frederick William Robertson
"Life being full of harsh realities, we seek relief from them in a variety of pleasing delusions." ~ Christian Nestell Bovee
November 18, 2025 at 2:42 PM
"Life being full of harsh realities, we seek relief from them in a variety of pleasing delusions." ~ Christian Nestell Bovee
"Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one." ~ Benjamin Franklin
November 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
"Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one." ~ Benjamin Franklin
"With Hillary Clinton as our commander in chief, our international relations will not be reduced to a business transaction. I also know that our armed forces will not become an instrument of torture and they will not be engaged in murder or carry out other illegal activities." ~ John R. Allen
November 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
"With Hillary Clinton as our commander in chief, our international relations will not be reduced to a business transaction. I also know that our armed forces will not become an instrument of torture and they will not be engaged in murder or carry out other illegal activities." ~ John R. Allen
"Self pity is easily the most destructive of the non-pharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from reality." ~ John Gardner
November 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
"Self pity is easily the most destructive of the non-pharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from reality." ~ John Gardner
"The charlatan takes very different shapes according to circumstances; but at bottom he is a man who cares nothing about knowledge for its own sake, and only strives to gain the semblance of it that he may use it for his own personal ends, which are always selfish and material." ~Arthur Schopenhauer
November 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
"The charlatan takes very different shapes according to circumstances; but at bottom he is a man who cares nothing about knowledge for its own sake, and only strives to gain the semblance of it that he may use it for his own personal ends, which are always selfish and material." ~Arthur Schopenhauer
On Dershowitz...
"The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. He is the human owl, vigilant in darkness and blind to light, mousing for vermin, and never seeing noble game." ~ Henry Ward Beecher
"The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. He is the human owl, vigilant in darkness and blind to light, mousing for vermin, and never seeing noble game." ~ Henry Ward Beecher
November 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
On Dershowitz...
"The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. He is the human owl, vigilant in darkness and blind to light, mousing for vermin, and never seeing noble game." ~ Henry Ward Beecher
"The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. He is the human owl, vigilant in darkness and blind to light, mousing for vermin, and never seeing noble game." ~ Henry Ward Beecher
"Set your target and keep trying until you reach it." ~ Napoleon Hill
November 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
"Set your target and keep trying until you reach it." ~ Napoleon Hill